Lead, Hands-On Formulations Lab Supervisor

Chembio Diagnostics, Inc.; Medford (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Chembio Diagnostics, Inc. is seeking a Formulations Lab Supervisor to lead the laboratory team from the floor, performing formulations and overseeing day-to-day lab activities.

The role balances supervision with hands-on participation, troubleshooting in real time and guiding technical decisions to maintain safety, quality, and regulatory compliance across GMP environments. You will supervise all lab activities, ensure batch records are accurate, support scale-up from lab to manufacturing, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a life science or related field.
• 3–5+ years of experience in formulation supervision, batch manufacturing, or production operations.
• Strong understanding of GMPs, SOPs, batch documentation, quality requirements, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience leading production teams and driving continuous improvement is highly preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications, NetSuite is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform and oversee daily formulation and laboratory activities.
• Maintain adequate inventory of chemicals, reagents, and supplies.
• Support scale-up and transfer of formulations from laboratory quantities to manufacturing-scale production.
• Collect, document, review and interpret laboratory, and process data. Ensure all lab documentation is completed efficiently, including equipment and calibration logs.
• Supervise all lab activities, including the proper completion of all buffers, conjugations, test lines and control lines used in Chembio Diagnostic products.
• Assure that all lab staff can demonstrate a basic knowledge of Immunochemistry, and assure in-process review of batch records/witness formulation of product, in compliance with departmental, company and government procedures and regulations.

Skills

Lab supervision

Troubleshooting

Documentation

GMPs

Immunochemistry

Education

Bachelor’s degree in life science

Tools

Microsoft Office

NetSuite

Job description

Chembio Diagnostics, Inc. is seeking a Formulations Lab Supervisor to lead the laboratory team from the floor, performing formulations and overseeing day-to-day lab activities.

The role balances supervision with hands-on participation, troubleshooting in real time and guiding technical decisions to maintain safety, quality, and regulatory compliance across GMP environments. You will supervise all lab activities, ensure batch records are accurate, support scale-up from lab to manufacturing, and